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WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80

448926

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event_typeAvalanche
ncei_event_id448,926
episode_id74,228
begin_utc2013-04-11T19:30:00+00:00
end_utc2013-04-11T19:30:00+00:00
stateUTAH
cz_typeZ
cz_nameWASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80
deaths_direct1
deaths_indirect0
injuries_direct0
injuries_indirect0
damage_property0.00K
damage_crops0.00K
wfo_sourceOther Federal Agency
episode_narrativeAn avalanche occurred in Big Cottonwood Canyon, resulting in one fatality.
event_narrativeThis particular avalanche fatality attracted attention because the victim, a 34-year-old male, was employed by the Utah Department of Transportation to forecast and control avalanche conditions. The victim was on duty, doing fieldwork alone on Kessler Peak (in Big Cottonwood Canyon), when he apparently ventured just a foot or two off of the safer snow. This triggered a small avalanche, but one that traveled through many sparse trees and over a couple cliffs. When he did not report in later that day, the search for him began; he was eventually found on top of the snow near the bottom of the avalanche, but he had already passed away from his injuries.
year2,013

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